The failings of the financial press
Joel Dreyfuss, a former tech writer for Fortune magazine who relaunched Red Herring magazine in 2004, writes about the failings of the business media in the wake of the recent criticism of CNBC. Dreyfuss writes, “Whenever we get to the woe, as we do now, it is usually after the fact. As a Wall Street market […]
CNNMoney.com ranks as No. 1 financial site in February
CNNMoney.com was the No. 1 destination site for the month of February in the financial news & information category with 9.2 million unique users, according to Nielsen numbers released Tuesday. CNNMoney.com topped other sites in the financial news & information category, beating Reuters (7.9 million unique users), Wall Street Journal online (6.8 million unique users), […]
Time to kill the Fortune 500
Douglas McIntyre argues on 24/7 Wall Street that now is the time for Fortune magazine to do away with its annual list of the largest 500 companies in the United States. McIntyre writes, “Not long ago, putting a list of the 500 largest US companies ranked by revenue was prestigious for both the publication and […]
Fortune writer resigns amid plagiarism charge, apology
The next issue of Fortune magazine will have an apology for an article in the Feb. 2 issue of the magazine that allegedly plagiarized a 2004 New York Times magazine article, and the reporter, Barney Gimbel, has resigned from the business bi-weekly, according to the New York Observer. John Koblin writes, “When the author of the […]
Issues with Fortune cover on Facebook
Charles Warner, who teaches media management classes and who blogs at Media Curmudgeon.com, notes several errors in the current Fortune cover story on Facebook. Warner writes, “Some readers of this blog may remember when Jack Webb used to say in ‘Dragnet,’ ‘Just the facts, ‘mam’ – something that FORTUNE’s Jessi Hempel and Assistant Managing Editor […]
Fortune editor Serwer has cameo in "Confessions of a Shopaholic"
The Bowdoin College Web site has a short story about its alumnus, Fortune managing editor Andy Serwer, who has a short role in the current movie, “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” which features a personal finance writer unable to control her spending. The story states, “The film’s producers had come calling early on, saying that the […]
Former Fortune columnist dies at 84
Daniel Seligman, a columnist at Fortune magazine for more than two decades, died recently at the age of 84, writes Dennis Hevesi of the New York Times. Hevesi writes, “Mr. Seligman, who later wrote for Forbes magazine and other publications, was an editor and writer at Fortune from 1950 to 1997 and wrote more than […]
Digitalization of business news has been biggest change in 50 years
The speed with which business news and information can now be delivered to readers has been the biggest change in business journalism in the past 50 years, says Marshall Loeb, the former managing editor of Money and Fortune magazines. “When you see the stuff coming on to the screen, minute after minute after minute, the […]
Reynolds Center names business journalism interns
Eight students from universities across the country have been selected for 10-week business journalism internships at major media outlets in summer 2009, the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism announced today. The students were selected by the host organizations in conjunction with the Reynolds Center, which funds the internships designed to help improve […]
Fortune to launch Korean edition
David Blecken of Brand Republic Asia writes Wednesday that business glossy Fortune magazine is expected to launch a Korean edition later this spring. Blecken writes, “The venture will result in Fortune’s fourth foreign language publication, and the second in Asia-Pacific after Fortune China. According to managing editor Song Tae-gueon, while the content and layout of […]
